XXYY syndrome

a disorder in which a male is born with a double complement of the normal XY chromosome pair (46, XY). Skeletal deformities, genital anomalies leading to infertility, enlarged breasts, and eunuchoid abdominal and hip fat are among the physical traits. Learning disabilities, especially reading problems, are common, along with delayed development of motor skills. Also called 48,XXYY syndrome.

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Psychology term of the day

July 27th 2024

script

1. a cognitive schematic structure—a mental road map—containing the basic actions (and their temporal and causal relations) that comprise a complex action. Also called script schema.

2. a structured representation consisting of a sequence of conceptual dependencies grouped together to capture the semantic relationships implicit in everyday human situations. It was designed for the purpose of computer-based story understanding. [created in 1966 by U.S. cognitive and computer scientist Roger C. Schank (1946– ) and U.S. psychologist Robert P. Abelson (1928–2005)]

3. see prescription drug.

4. see script analysis.